Van Buren Township police are investigating the shooting of a 19-year-old Sumpter Township male in the Walmart parking lot just before midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 26. VBT Police Lt. Charles[…]
A farmhouse built in 1913 on Haggerty Road just south of Harris Road in Sumpter Township was the scene of a fire at 6 p.m., Jan. 26. Sumpter Fire Chief[…]
The listing for Belleville Fire Chief Brian Loranger was not included in the City of Belleville salary list published on page three of last week’s Independent. The total compensation amount[…]
At the Jan. 24 regular, in-person meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board ratified the sale of the second series of bonds for $8,060,000 for[…]
At the end of the regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees on Jan. 25, Supervisor Tim Bowman said he had talked to Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees was scheduled to honor the Belleville Tigers High School varsity football team with a proclamation at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting. The proclamation[…]
Evangelist Daniel David will present a “Supernatural” Sunday Service at 11 a.m., Feb. 13, at Belleville Church of God, 45170 Hull Rd., Belleville. The Rev. David is a world-renowned evangelist,[…]
Van Buren Public Schools nurse Dionisia Munoz was nominated for the 2021-22 national LifeChanger of the Year award and at Monday’s school board meeting she was honored for the nomination[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted to dissolve the blended rate program that had been in place since 2003 without comment at its regular meeting on Jan.[…]
Van Buren Public Schools is joining 537 local and 56 intermediate school districts across Michigan in celebrating January as School Board Recognition Month. “In another year full of challenges for[…]